Revenue and Taxation Code

Property Taxation

Part 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1. Construction

Section 107.4

107.4. Possessory interest; military housing.(a) For purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 107, there is no independent possession or use of land or improvements if that possession or use is pursuant to a contract that includes, but is not limited to, a long-term lease, for the private construction, renovation, rehabilitation, replacement, management, or maintenance of housing for active duty military personnel or their dependents, or both, if all of the following criteria are met:

(1) The military housing constructed and managed by private contractor is situated on a military facility under military control, and the construction of that housing is performed under military guidelines in the same manner as construction that is performed by the military.

(2) All services normally provided by a municipality are required to be purchased from the military facility or a provider designated by the military.

(3) The private contractor is not given the right and ability to exercise any significant authority and control over the management or operation of the military housing, separate and apart from the rules and regulations of the military.

(4) The number of units, the number of bedrooms per unit, and the unit mix are set by the military, and may not be changed by the contractor without prior approval by the military.

(5) Tenants are designated by a military housing agency.

(6) Financing for the project is subject to the approval of the military in its sole discretion.

(7) Rents charged to military personnel or their dependents are set by the military.

(8) The military controls the distribution of revenues from the project to the private contractor, and the private contractor is allowed only a predetermined profit or fee for constructing the military housing.

(9) Evictions from the housing units are subject to the military justice system.

(10) The military prescribes rules and regulations governing the use and occupancy of the property.

(11) The military has the authority to remove or bar persons from the property.

(12) The military may impose access restrictions on the contractor and its tenants.

(13) Any reduction or, if that amount is unknown, the private contractor's reasonable estimate of savings, in property taxes on leased property used for military housing under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (10 U.S.C. Sec. 2871 et seq.) shall inure solely to the benefit of the residents of the military housing through improvements, such as a child care center provided by the private contractor.

(14) The military housing is constructed, renovated, rehabilitated, remodeled, replaced, or managed under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative, or any successor to that law.

(b) This section shall not apply to a military housing unit managed by a private contractor that is rented to a tenant who is an unaffiliated member of the general public.

(1) "Unaffiliated member of the general public" means a person who is not a current member of the military. A housing unit rented to or occupied by a person employed as management or maintenance personnel for the military housing property shall not be considered to be a unit rented to an unaffiliated member of the general public.

(2) The private contractor shall annually notify the assessor by February 15 of any housing units rented to unaffiliated members of the general public as of the immediately preceding lien date. The private contractor shall be responsible for any property taxes on housing units rented to unaffiliated members of the general public.

(c) For purposes of this section, "military facility under military control" means a military base that restricts public access to the military base.

History.—Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 853 (SB 451), in effect January 1, 2005. Stats. 2006, Ch. 251 (SB 1400), in effect January 1, 2007, added subdivision (o). Stats. 2010, Ch. 327 (SB 1250), in effect January 1, 2011, designated the former fist paragraph as subdivision (a) and substituted "or their dependents, or both," for "and their dependents," after "military personnel" in the first sentence therein; designated former subdivisions (a) through (n) as paragraphs (1) through (14), respectively, substituted "military housing" for "military family housing" three times in paragraphs (1), (8), and (14), and substituted "et seq." for "and following" after "Sec. 2871" in paragraph (13) therein; added subdivision (b); and relettered former subdivision (o) as (c).

(a) The provision of military family housing is a mission of the military, as stated by the United States Department of Defense.

(b) Under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) (10 U.S.C. Sec. 2871 and following), Congress has entrusted private contractors to construct, renovate, replace, or manage military family housing pursuant to extensive guidelines and restrictions imposed by the military.

(c) The military family housing constructed and managed by private contractors pursuant to the MHPI is situated on a military facility under the control of the military.

(d) A private contractor who constructs, renovates, replaces, or manages military family housing pursuant to the MHPI has neither the right nor the ability to exercise independent authority and control over the day-to-day management or operation of the military family housing, as demonstrated by all of the following:

(1) The number of units, the number of bedrooms per unit, and the unit mix are set by the military, and may not be changed by the contractor without prior approval by the military.

(2) Tenants are designated by a military housing agency.

(3) Rents charged to military personnel or their dependents for the housing units are set by the military.

(4) Financing for the project is subject to the approval of the military. The military has sole discretion over the approval of this financing.

(5) Evictions from the housing units are subject to military justice procedures.

(6) Services for the project normally supplied by a municipality are required to be purchased from the military facility or from a provider designated by the military facility.

(7) The military prescribes rules and regulations governing the use and occupancy of the property.

(8) The military has the authority to remove or bar persons from the property.

(9) The military has the authority to impose access restrictions on the contractor and its tenants. Section 3 thereof provided that: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to provide legislative direction to county assessors, the State Board of Equalization, the courts, and other involved parties regarding the intended interpretation of the term "independent" as it relates to military family housing units that are constructed, renovated, rehabilitated, remodeled, replaced, or managed under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative, or any successor to that law.

(b) Section 107.4 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as added by this act, does not constitute a change in, but rather, is declaratory of, existing law. Therefore, because this act is declaratory of existing law, no provision of state law, including, but not limited to, Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, requires reimbursement to any entity for any ad valorem property tax revenue losses that may result from this act.

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